Monday 1 Feb 2016
We had a good nights rest though I did not sleep for long. At 6am in the morning the tooting of the traffic horn had started. Jagath came to pick us up at 10:30am.
Our apartment is reasonably comfortable. It is on the 6th floor and there is access to the rooftop. It has 3 bedrooms with double single beds. It has basic amenities with air-conditioning (very important). I booked the apartment through AirBnB.
Sangaran and I have an appointment with our lawyers in Colombo this morning on a private matter. The rest of the group went to visit an old Dutch church in Colombo. Jagath dropped Sangaran and myself at the lawyer’s office. We were picked up later for lunch with the rest of the group at the Green Room for some local food. We retreated back to the apartment to avoid the afternoon Colombo traffic. The driver and the guide wanted to retire for the day before they got stuck in traffic. There was going to be plenty of driving tomorrow.
Sangaran and I were having dinner with our friend Faizer in Colombo. Dinner was at a hotel in the city. Charles was coming with us. We decided to walk to our appointment. It was about 4.5km walk. The walk took us about 1.5 hours. I used the GPS on my phone to get to our destination. Needless to say it drained the battery towards the end.
It was a great way to see Colombo. Although it was cooler, it was a humid night. We left at 6pm and arrived at our destination at 7:30pm on the dot for our dinner appointment.
